Between Transcendence and Historicism: The Ethical Nature of the Arts in Hegelian Aesthetics

Argues that the concept of the ethical is central to Hegel's philosophy of art.

Between Transcendence and Historicism explores Hegel's aesthetics within the larger context of the tradition of theoretical reflection to emphasize its unique ability to account for traditional artistic practice. Arguing that the concept of the ethical is central to Hegel's philosophy of art, Brian K. Etter examines the poverty of modernist aesthetic theories in contrast to the affirmation by Hegel of the necessi...